IK Wemyss T>UILDER AND CONTRACTOR, GROVE ROAD, BLENHEIM. 478 EWART'S HOTEL High Street (Next to the Government Buildings), BLENHEIM. One of Allcock's full-sized Billiard Fables 459 v t_ i *" N.B.— A 20-acre Paddock attached. H"|f | -II S</> |f -II IIS i?^ * bin! is? >8 i!p X< Si JHB 460 " Is there no hope? the sick man said ; The silent doctor shook his head " " While there is life tnpres hope he ciied." " JEgrotOi duni animas est, spcs est." »R. L. L. SMITH (The only legally qualified .medical man advertising). consult s — On all affections, of the Nervous System (no matter from what cause arising). ' On all broknn -down constitutions. On all diseases arising from early ind'iscreMons. On Gout. On Rheumatism. IN these colonies, those excesses which we have indulged m " hot youth" tell upon us with eaiful effect. Our regrets aye useless, our repiningrs futile. !he sole ; dea should he the eh nces we possess of remedying tho ills we already have, or combating the effects likely to result Hide it as he may, put on as good an exterior as h» can, still i the victim conscious tat he i< a living lie. and that sooner or later his vices will discover him to the world. f>ur faith, our obligations to society at luge, the welfare of our future offspring, and the duty we owe to ourselves, forbids procrastination, and points out to us, not to wait till the ravages break out m our constitutions. Bffore negociating with a merchant, before engaging with a confidential clerk ; before emplo>ing a barrister, a areful man mak<s enquiries as to their standing, their length of occupancy or residence ; and, m the case of a I l'hl arivijcr. both is to his legal qualifications and as to his oap»bilitics of transacting the individual business he consults him upon. Strange to Biiy, however, m the selection of a medical man the sufferer frequently omits thess nec-ssarv preeautio s and wiihout regard to the fitness, qua'ifiction, expeiience and abihy for the particular ailment requiring treatment, he consults tho nearest man. whose experience and practice, perhaps Iks m quite au opposite direction. Is it astonishing that so many are driven mad, are vuiix d m hculth, and are bankrupts m spirit*, hpa and money? Have I not for years pointed out to them tint /. Dr. L. L. Smith am the only legally quaMed medical man advertising m the Colonies? Have I not also projecuted. at. my own expense, these very I quacks, and exposed the various nostrums the y ur selling. — such as Phosphodyne, Essence of Lifee &c — and had them analysed and found them to consist of " Burnt Sugar and flavoring mutter " and the certiii ates I have proved to bfi all forgeiics. Tt is for this reason that. I step out of the ethics of the prof ssion u:) ( | advertise, to give those who require the set-vices of my brunch an opportunity of knowing they can consult a legally qualified man, and one moreover, who has made this his esp Hal Dr L. JL. Smith is the only legally qualified ~ edieal man advertising, and he has been m Melbourne 24 years m lull practice on NERVOUS DISEASES,' LOSS OF POWER AND DEBILITY. SYPHILITIC AFFECTIONS, WANT OP (ONDITJON, GOUT AND RHEUMATISM DR. L. L. SMITH, 182 COLLINS STREET EAST, (Late the Residence of the Governor . MELBOURNE, 502
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Marlborough Express, Volume XI, Issue 877, 20 December 1876, Page 8
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561Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 Marlborough Express, Volume XI, Issue 877, 20 December 1876, Page 8
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